This fits in with:Give a man a fish he eats for a day.........Besides, obviously the dialysis was just a temp bandaid and she was doomed to dieWith the truck and skip loader he can get on with his life and earn a livingExcept the whole jail and restitution thing, that kinds puts his plan in the dumpsterNice try thoughMy guess is poor execution

doglover:But we should totally keep charging people for healthcare instead of providing it as a social service.

Yeah, and we should totally charge people for food, in spite of the fact that they starve TO DEATH without it. And we should totally charge people for rent/mortgage, in spite of the fact that people will die of exposure without it.

We really should just give everyone everything they ever want, without any cost to them, all subsidized by the FARKing unicorns and pixie dust.

I don't understand why she was getting checks, though. Our bills go to Medicare and the supplemental. The only bills we have to pay are the copays, medicine copays and the Part B and supplemental insurance bills.

/Master Jedana is on year 6 of dialysis/Still in newlywed phase of being on transplant list//

SevenizGud:doglover: But we should totally keep charging people for healthcare instead of providing it as a social service.

Yeah, and we should totally charge people for food, in spite of the fact that they starve TO DEATH without it. And we should totally charge people for rent/mortgage, in spite of the fact that people will die of exposure without it.

We really should just give everyone everything they ever want, without any cost to them, all subsidized by the FARKing unicorns and pixie dust.

MrEricSir:Mistress Jedana: Approximately $450,000 per 6 months for home hemodialysis.

We get statements every month, and the amount just amazes me.

If you didn't hear that sound, it was my jaw dropping on the floor. (Note to self: move to Canada before any organs fail.)

I am sadly a dialysis patient in Canada, and I have paid exactly zilch for the equipment, medication and doctor visits related to that. I have a home dialysis widget plus about 30 boxes of assorted dialysis bits in my apartment and I haven't paid a penny. Unless you count the pennies paid in various taxes hitherto, of course. And that is money well spent. I would rather pay 13% tax on my poutine and get it back later than cough up 900k a year. What evil sadist decided that was a good idea anyway?"Right, you need to pay 900k a year to live. Haven't got that kind of money? Sucks to be you, I guess. Try not to be born poor next time, poor man."